F&M Calendar Photography Contest

CALLING ALL AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY!

Each year F&M Bank holds its annual contest for amateur photographers to showcase the natural beauty of Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, and Augusta counties during all seasons of the year.

The deadline to enter our 2026 Calendar Contest has passed. Thank you to everyone who submitted a photo for our 2026 Calendar Contest! We’re thrilled to announce that we received 170 incredible entries from talented photographers across our community.

Now it’s time to help us choose which images will be featured in our 2026 calendar!

Public voting is officially open on our Facebook page!
Each “like” on a photo counts as a vote, and the 30 images with the most likes by midnight on June 15, 2025 will move on to a second round of voting by our F&M Bank staff.

From there, our team will select the top 13 photos to be featured in next year’s calendar.

Click here to vote on Facebook!
(And don’t forget to share the album with friends and family!)

We’re so proud of the creativity and beauty captured in this year’s entries. Thank you for helping us celebrate our community—one photo at a time.

Complete Rules and Regulations:

  1. All entries must be submitted by 12pm, May 31, 2025 and should be accompanied by an entry form.  Earliest entry: May 1, 2025.
  2. All photos must have been taken by non-professional photographers: defined as persons who receive 0-25% of their income from photography-related fields.  F&M Bank employees are not eligible to enter the contest.
  3. The number of entries is limited to 4 per person. Images must depict different seasons if submitting multiple. No more than four entries will be accepted. Winning photos will be limited to no more than two per contestant.
  4. Winners will be notified after August 1st, 2025.  All photographs submitted become the property of F&M Bank. Please be advised, that all entrants will be entered into mailing lists through which the winners will be announced.
  5. Format: A digital copy of all photographs must be submitted with the entry. Files must be NO SMALLER THAN 8.5″ tall and 11″ wide at 300 dpi or 2550 pixels tall by 3300 pixels wide.
  6. All entries must be of outdoor themes, and both landscape and close-up shots are acceptable. All photos must be of scenes in Rockingham, Shenandoah, Augusta, and Frederick counties, or counties that are adjacent. Photos can be several years old. For all winning photos, a written description of the location and some comments from the photographer will be required.
  7. Only horizontal pictures will be considered.  Photos must fit the 11″W x 8.5″L calendar format.  Selected photos will be cropped for that format. Any people that appear as subject matter in the photographs must sign a waiver of release for the photograph to be considered.
  8. Each entry must be the work of the person submitting the photo, and a signed entry form is required. Entrants under age 18 must include the signature of a parent or guardian.
  9. Entries will be evaluated based on appeal, content, and photographic skill. The decision of the judges is final.
  10. F&M Bank assumes no responsibility for submissions. Selected images are used on a non-exclusive basis. F&M Bank retains the right to use photos in any advertising and/or promotion it deems suitable.